"We are now landing at Chicago airport, please ensure that you have all your belongings with you."
Jazmine took a deep breath as she felt the plane descending from the sky. She looked over at Cindy sitting next to her and saw her looking a bit green.
"Do you feel sick?" Jazmine asked as she rested her hand on Cindy's pale one.
Cindy slightly nodded. "It's less from the flight, more from the reality that is about to come."
"I understand fully. I feel the same way."
"Yeah. At least the funeral is tomorrow and not today. It gives us some time to prepare ourselves."
They felt the plane wheels touch the floor as they pulled up to the terminal.
"Can you believe it has been a whole month since Chyna has been dead? It doesn't seem real."
It has now been just over three months since they have left Chicago and a month since they found out their dear friend and fellow striper had died from the hands of drugs. Their hearts felt heavy as they entered a place they were uncertain if they would see again.
"You know what I also don't believe, all that mess we left back in Woodcrest." Cindy smirked as the plane finally stopped.
Royalty heard what she said and leaned over the seat to join in the conversation. "I mean, we just leave a trail of our pixie dust where ever we go."
Ming looked at her strange. "Pixie dust is far from it."
They made their way off the plane and laughed as the thought back to the mess they left behind.
Three weeks ago
"It's time you all cut them men out your life."
"We can't keep them a little longer?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because you don't need that in life. We agreed on that the day we got our tattoos. Its been a week now and they're still in your lives."
Jazmine stood with her hands on her hips in front of her friends as she lectured them. Ming and Cindy had not told the twins they was not messing with them anymore and Royalty was still receiving money from her sugar daddy.
"Jazzy, he just dropped a couple of more hundreds in my account as we speak. I don't know if I'm ready to let him go just yet."
"Royalty." Jazmine said her name sternly.
"Haha." Cindy mocked but Jazmine turned to her with the same tone.
"Don't act like you don't have someone to cut off too."
Ming decided to join in. "I mean we can't-"
"No." Jazmine cut her off.
"But just a little longer-" Royalty tried to add.
"No."
"Just one more-" Ming now tried.
Jazmine stared them down. "I said what I said."
Royalty crossed her arms and pouted. "You no fun."
"This is for the best." She held out her hand. "Phones."
The three girls looked at each other confused but handed over their phones. Jazmine searched for the men's contact number and began typing. "Now, get dressed. We leave in 45 minutes."
"Where are we going?" Ming asked as she stood up.
"To say goodbye to your little play boys." Jazmine smirked.
Cindy, Ming and Royalty looked at each other. "Nooooooo."
45 minutes later
Jazmine looked her friends up and down as they waited for the three men.
"Why are you all dressed up? Its only drinks, you're not even going to stay here long."
Royalty flipped her 24-inch hair over her shoulder. "When do I ever look basic DuBois?"
Ming applied some lip gloss on her lips. "Just because we're cutting them off, doesn't mean we have to look rough."
"It's not like we're heartbroken about them, we just didn't want to break it off just yet." Cindy added.
Jazmine shook her head. "Just sit your hoe ass down somewhere."
"Let's sit close in case one of us needs a quick escape." Royalty told them and they all agreed.
"And I will sit close so I can hear the tea." Jazmine smirked.
"Messy bitch."
"Heeyyy." Jazmine frowned playfully.
Ming shook her head. "Let's just get this over with, they should be here soon."
Cindy looked up and saw the twins head pop in the bar. "They're here, dip!"
Royalty and Jazmine scrambled to their own place as the twins walked in. They looked around until they spotted the girls they were talking to. Putting on a big smile, they walked over to their table.
"Here it goes." Ming mumbled as she took a sip of her drink.
"Ladies." They greeted at the same time.
'That is lowkey creepy.' Cindy thought. 'Glad we're breaking them off now.'
"So how come you text us all of a sudden to meet you here?" Mason asked as he sat down.
Hunter went to call the waiter but Cindy stopped him.
"Don't get too comfortable. We're not staying long."
The twins shared a look. "What's going on?"
Ming sighed. "Let me just start by saying, the sex was great." They had large smirks on their face until Cindy continued.
"But it's not good enough. We're sorry but it is what it is."
"Huh? We-we don't understand. Everything seemed fine." Mason muttered.
"Yeahhh about that. It really wasn't. We were kinda just using y-"
"Dad?" Hunter cut Cindy off.
They girls looked confused at the twins shocked face.
"Boys... what, are, you doing here?" The man muttered.
Ming and Cindy looked at the man up and down. He was an attractive, older, white male in a crisp suit. They then saw him hovering over Royalty's table who looked about ready to run out the door.
They all looked at each other, when a light bulb went off in all their heads.
"Oh shit! Oh shit!" Cindy shouted and laughed.
The other customers looked over at the shouting blonde but she didn't care.
Jazmine was at her own table watching this all go down. 'I knew this was tea but this shit is hot!' She thought as she sipped on her drink, waiting for everything to unfold. A man came up to her smirking but she was not interested. "Sorry, I'm busy right now." He frowned and walked away. Jazmine tuned back into the conversation.
"We're here with our dates." Hunter answered.
"Ex dates." Ming corrected.
"By why are you here dad?" Mason asked, he had a feeling he knew the answer but he needed to hear it out loud.
"Nothing son, I just... wanted a drink."
Royalty decided to step in. She felt messy but she didn't really care. "Lemme get this straight. Mr Silver has two kids that are fucking my sisters. Mr Silver is also my sister's parents' business partner. Oh this is tv gold."
Mason looked at Royalty strange. "How do you know my father?"
Royalty smirked. "Let's just say your dad is very-"
"Why don't we just leave?" Mr Silver interrupted, embarrassed and wanting to leave quickly.
"Dad are you cheating on mom?" Hunter asked disappointed.
"No. She is just a stripper. The whore was scamming me for money." The older man lied.
Royalty started getting angry and decided she was being nice enough but Cindy beat her to the punch.
"Your daddy was my girls sugar daddy and was giving her a shit load of money just to laugh and giggle with him since its obvious your mama is a pretty boring person just as much as you are in a genuinely conversation."
Royalty added on. "Yeah. If I scammed you, you wouldn't have known. You were the one begging for this pussy but I don't get down like that. A little lap dance here and there still had you all on my dick. We just came here to break things off peacefully but I guess we can't even do that. Some ghetto shit." She crossed her arms.
Jazmine saw things getting heated and decided to step in. "Heyyyy guys." She nervously giggled. "I guess this may be my fault since I was the one that text you all. Why don't we all just be nice to each other and relax."
"Yeah. Thank you for ruining my family." Mason huffed before storming out the bar with his brother behind him.
Mr Silver turned to Royalty. "Delete my number." He told her sternly before following his sons.
The girls all stood there shocked for a few seconds... and then they all burst out in laughter.
"That was the best thing that could have happened." Ming said between laughs.
Cindy downed the rest of her drink. "Bitch I know! Did you see the look on their face?"
"Delete my number." Royalty mocked dramatically making them laugh even harder.
Jazmine was the first to die down her laughter. "I kinda feel bad..."
Cindy shook her head. "They had it coming."
"Lemme tell you sum. I know it wasn't Mr Silver's first rodeo. He knew what he was doing." Royalty pointed out. "But it was defiantly Mason and Hunter's first time finding out."
"This was not how expected this shit to turn out but is a bitch glad."
"Well lets get out of here. Jazmine got her own business to handle." Ming smirked as she dragged Jazmine out of the bar.
Jazmine looked at them confused. "What are you talking about?"
Royalty called an Uber as they stood outside. "You need to talk to your parents properly about how you feel. No more lying."
She pouted. "Do I have too?"
"Bitch yes. Come on." Cindy grabbed her hand and practically threw her into the middle seat of the car.
"I guess karma is a bitch..."
"Thank you."
The four-woman stepped out the car and stood in front of Jazmine's large, childhood home and she felt a shiver go down her spine and it wasn't from the autumn wind.
"Do we really have to do this?"
"Yes."
"We sorted out our baggage, it's your turn."
"You can do this."
Jazmine took a deep breath but walked up to her parent's door and knocked. Her parents didn't trust her enough to give her a house key again so she had no choice but to knock.
A few seconds went past and nothing. "See, no one is here lets-"
"Jazmine." Sarah opened the door and smiled but it flattened when she saw the girls behind her. "Oh, you brought the girls."
"We go everywhere together and I need to speak to you and dad." Jazmine told her.
Sarah stepped to the side and let them all in. "I'll get your father and we can talk in the kitchen. You girls can wait in the living room. You know where it is."
Ming, Royalty and Cindy gave Jazmine a reassuring look before going their separate ways.
Jazmine stood in the kitchen looking around where she spent many times making food. She had to learn to cook for herself at a young age since her parents started working late a lot so this kitchen brought back those painful and lonely memories. It also gave her the extra fuel she needed to say what was needed to be said. She was no longer that girl.
"What is the matter Jazmine? I have work to do." Was the first thing Tom said as he walked in.
Jazmine had to hold herself from rolling her eyes. "We need to talk."
"Are you pregnant? You do not need a baby with no proper occupation and a gang banger as the father. You have already set the child up for failure." Sarah asked.
Jazmine eyes turned to slits. "Really? Forget it, I'm not pregnant. I am here to tell you that I am finished being fake just to please you. Yes being a stripper is not what I expected to happen but it did and through that, I have met a lot of good people in my line of work. Even met a good man."
"How is someone who kills people for a living a good man?" Tom threw his hands up.
"He doesn't do it for fun!" Jazmine shook her head. "Stop side tracking me. I appreciate how you tried to help me at your firm but it's not for me. I want to figure out who I want to be without you breathing down my neck."
"You are 25 years of age Jazmine!"
Jazmine groaned. "This again! Just listen to me for once in your life! I am not that same scared little girl that lived under your roof. I am a grown woman who doesn't need her parents patronising her. Please, just let me be me."
"How can we trust you will make the right decision?" Sarah questioned.
Jazmine shrugged. "You just gotta trust me... I'm leaving for Chicago in a few weeks. This time, it might be more permanent. Goodbye mom, goodbye dad." Jazmine pulled them both in a quick hug before calling the girls and walking straight out the house.
The parents were left speechless as they watched their orange haired daughter walk back out of their lives for who knows how long this time. They knew the same Jazmine that left Woodcrest was not the same Jazmine that came back a few months ago. She had completely changed... it made them think. Maybe they underestimate their daughter too much.
"Ok mine wasn't as bad as you three." Jazmine pointed out. "You left a whole family in a messed-up situation."
"It's not my fault their daddy wanted to have a taste of some chocolate." Royalty smirked as they made their way to their home. One that hasn't been touched since they abruptly left.
"You didn't have to accept the-" Royalty gave Cindy a knowing look. "You know what you right. I would have done the same."
As the car pulled up to the house, their hearts dropped to their stomachs. They climbed out and made their way inside, dragging their luggage behind them.
"It's so cold in here." Ming commented as she went straight to warm up the house. The lack of activity and the beginning of Chicago winter was the reason why it was so cold.
"I can't believe it has been so long since we have been here and everything still looks the same." Royalty said as they moved further into the house.
Cindy looked at her as if she was stupid. "What did you think would happen? A complete make over?"
"... shut up."
"Well I don't know about you three but I want to be reacquainted with my own room and my own bed."
A thought popped into Jazmine's mind. "Do you think we should go to the club tonight? Just to hang and see the girls before tomorrow."
Royalty nodded. "I think that's a good idea. I miss that stage and the same locals. Sorry to Ed and Rummy but The Blue Moon is the only club I could really work for."
"That's true. You think... they, are going to be there?" Cindy asked nervously.
They. The girls knew exactly who Cindy was referring to. Huey, Riley, Hiro and Caesar. They haven't heard anything from them and they were anticipating their reconnection but didn't know how or when it would happen.
"I don't know... they didn't really go back unless they were chilling with us." Ming answered.
Royalty rubbed her arms. "If we go and we see them, what we going to do?"
They all stood there wondering that exact question. What would they do? Do they run and scream in fright? Do they act friendly? Or do they jump in their arms and proceed to have their way with them? Some many options but neither one seemed right.
"Maybe we should just figure it out in the moment because if we make a script now, we will forget it as soon as we're face to face." Ming told them and they all nodded as an answer.
"Sounds like a plan, to not have a plan. Any who, I call dibs on the bathroom first!" Royalty shouted as she ran to the bathroom closes to her room.
"I got the other!" Cindy shouted and ran to the next one.
"Heeyyy." Jazmine pouted as she now had to wait for Royalty to finish up before she could use the bathroom.
Ming shook her head but smiled. "It's good to be home."
Jazmine smiled back at her and took a deep breath. "It really is." She said before dragging her suitcase to her room, not even thinking about unpacking.
The four women got themselves freshened up, happy that they were now back home but another side of them were scared. They had no idea when or if they were going to meet the men that managed to hold their hearts for as long as they did. The uncertainty made anxiety build up in them and they had no idea how to handle it. They just hoped it all went well.
What the girls wasn't aware of was that someone now knew they were back. "There's people in the house... I got to tell boss."
In another part of Chicago, Ghost was face to face with his day one enemy. The punching bag.
Punch.
Punch.
Uppercut.
Roundhouse kick.
5 combo punch.
He paused and looked at the three younger people in front of him.
"You're turn." Ghost told them. He held his hand open before stepping back to allow the first person to go up. The girl stepped up, took a deep breath, before delivering the same sequence Ghost just demonstrated. "Good. Again." Ghost pushed and she delivered once again. "Ok, next." The first girl stepped out the way and the next girl exploded into the sequence.
Ghost knew it was essential to keep up with training. When it came to fighting, no one was on his level, which was why he would always teach the majority of the training sessions as much as he could. If he couldn't Dante would take over since he had a bit more skill than others. There were no denying how skilled Ghost was when it came to fighting, weather it was hand to hand combat or with weapons. He knew how to fight and he knew how to win. Everyone in the neighbourhood was shocked to see the young black boy master martial arts, especially at such a young age he did. His father was the proudest out of them all. He would see his son doing skills that would throw any street thug off.
The skill and discipline he displayed was amazing to see but, in his world, it was a little different. The lines were blurred. When he would just get into petty fights, he would be on the defence. He would only use his upper body and held back his punches. If it was for his life, for his gang, all bets were off. You should expect a knee to be coming straight towards your forehead in that situation. There was no telling what the young man would do.
"Ghost!"
Hearing his name pulled him out of his thoughts. He forgot where he was for a second. As he zooned back in, he saw that the three members didn't even stop working on the sequence he had set for them even though he knew they had finished. He was glad to see them still working hard but they weren't the ones that called them. He turned to see one of his men walking up to him.
"Yes?" Ghost simply answered.
"You know that house you make me drive by and check every now and then?" He asked to get Ghost to understand where he was going with it. He nodded so the man continued. "Well. I saw movement inside so I went and checked. There were four girls in there. I was going to burst in and hold them up but I wanted to come back and check it out with you first."
Ghost stood there shocked but kept his usual stone face.
'Four girls? But... it couldn't be. Could it?'
Ghost focused back on the conversation. "I will check it out, don't worry about it now. Thank you."
The man nodded before walking back out the training room. Ghost turned back to the three hitting the punching bag. "You did good today. Spar each other for at least 10 minutes. Remember what you have learned so far and use it. Show little mercy. I got to sort something out." They nodded and immediately went into a spar. Ghost collected his water bottle before jogging out the room to meet someone who would be able to confirm his theory.
He walked into the only room he knew he would find Pedro and found the young boy lying back in his chair singing and eating popcorn.
"Heart been broke so many times III don't know what to belieeevvve. Mama say it's my fault, it's my fault I wear my heart on my sleeeeevvve." The boy sang along to the song playing out loud.
"Ahem." Ghost cleared his throat to catch his attention.
Frightened, Pedro jumped up and some of the popcorn flew in the air and landed on the floor. "¡Mierda! ¿Qué carajo?" Pedro turned to see his boss standing there with his arms crossed. "Oh, um, Ghost. What can I do for you?" He asked nervously.
Ghost could see the redness crawling onto the boys cheeks but he didn't have time to wait to watch it to find its place. "I need you to track someone."
Pedro pulled in his seat and began typing away on the computer. "Who you want me to find? MC? Tri? HO?"
"I need you to track the one you put in the necklaces."
Pedro paused and slowly turned to the older male. "You serious?"
"I wouldn't ask if I wasn't. Don't ask why." Ghost told him sternly.
"Ok." Pedro cleared his throat before typing away.
Ghost stood there and watched the screen. The only one showing was him but then another dot popped up. This one was green and it was labelled 'Emerald'.
"The person you are looking for is in a house not far from your place." Pedro told him. "Need the location."
Ghost shook his head. "No. Thanks. Go back to... your singer or whatever. If you have nothing to do just go home."
Pedro began to blush from embarrassment again as he watched Ghost's smirking face turn and leave the room.
"Para alguien tan inteligente que puedo ser tan estúpido a veces." Pedro mumbled able himself before throwing a popcorn in the air and catching it in his mouth.
Ghost walked into his office to take a breather. He couldn't believe what he was hearing was true. They were back. Ming, Cindy, Royalty and Jazmine were back.
Jazmine.
Damn.
It has been so long since he has said her name out loud.
He would be lying if he hadn't thought about what he would do the moment he heard they were back, if there were every planning on coming back. He thought they would come back when everything was a bit safer but Chicago was far from it right now. There was still a lot of mess they had to clean up. So why were they back?
Realisation dawned on him. 'The funeral. Chyna's funeral is tomorrow. Of course they will come back for that. Caesar and Hiro told me they were close. Shit. Does that mean they are not staying long?' Huey wondered. He couldn't leave the over thinking to himself. He needed the rest to panic with him.
Huey: They're back.
Hiro: Who?
Caesar: Who else is coming back from the shadows? Shit man, can we never catch a break?
Riley: Nigga who? Can't just say that shit and dip. Speak up.
Huey: The girls.
Riley: NIGGA! Stop with the two-word shit! Tell us.
Caesar: Reezy I think you know what he is talking about.
Riley: If I did, I wouldn't have asked nigga.
Hiro: He's talking about Cindy, Ming, Royalty and Jazmine.
Riley: Oh.
Caesar: Oh indeed.
Hiro: How you know for sure?
Huey: One of the guys checked in on the house and said he saw four girls in there so I went to check the necklace I gave Jazmine and it was in the same location. Plus, their friend's funeral is tomorrow so it adds up.
Riley: Shit, for real?
Huey: Yes Riley.
Riley: Fuuuccck.
Caesar: Well I don't know about the rest of you but I am going to see them. Tonight. I need to see her.
Hiro: I will join you.
Riley: I need to sort this baby shit out. The result should be here in a few days. She doesn't need to be around that.
Hiro: What about you Huey?
Huey: I'm busy.
Caesar: Sure. Whatever you say. Don't do it to yourself Hue. Its gonna fuck you up.
Huey: I will speak to you guys later, I got things to do.
Huey didn't even bother checking the next few messages and took a deep breath. His friends were so ready to see Ming and Cindy again, Riley was making sure everything was calm for when he saw Royalty and here Huey was, doing nothing to see the woman who managed to bring a softer side to him like never before.
He had no clue what he should do or how he should feel. He didn't expect to feel so lost and confused as much as he was feeling now. It was such a foreign feeling to him. He always knew what to do and how to feel about everything, now he was just lost.
Huey sighed as he got up from his chair and grabbed his jacket. He knew there was only one person he could talk to about this and he was already dreading the conversation.
"What brings you down to this side of the hood?"
"I can't just visit my-"
"No."
Huey sighed. "I don't know why I even tried."
"Neither do I." Christian shook his head. "Now if you planning on staying for a bit, hurry up before you let my damn heat out."
Huey shook his head at his father because he was starting to sound like his father. He walked inside and noticed how quiet it was.
"Where's mom?"
"Your mother is out with Trinity and Naomi and you know nothing good comes out of all of them hanging out together." Christian said as he poured Huey a class of whiskey before sitting back down in the chair in front of the tv. "So, what's got your ass so twisted?"
Huey looked at his dad strange but didn't bother challenging it. Instead, he took a deep breath, wondering how he was going to say it.
"Jazmine's back." Huey blurted out. He didn't expect to say it like that but that's just how it flew out his mouth.
Christian paused mid sip to look over at his son. He could see how conflicted he looked the way his eyes shifted nervously around the room. He was unsettled.
"Well, are you going to see her?" Was the first thing Christian asked but Huey didn't answer. He sighed. "Look, son, you obviously want to for you to come over here and feel the need to tell me. You're conflicted about what you should do." Christian observed.
At times like this, Huey was thankful for how well his father knew him. It saved him from saying a lot but he knew at some point in this conversation, he was going to be forced to blurt out everything on his mind and he was not looking forward to it.
"You need to stop denying your feelings for her. You're not doing yourself a favour, you're just going cause yourself pain and I do not want to see you turn into a bitter, OG with multiple baby mother. Your brother might be on the way if the damn test results come back saying the kid his. Damn you boys stress me the fuck out." Christian mumbled as he got side tracked thinking about how clueless his sons can be when it comes to girls. "As I was saying. The one time I met Jazmine I knew she was special. Same with Royalty. I ain't never seen you boys look so happy to bring a female around us but you just have to remember what you're bringing them into. You have to be grown and have that conversation about what you're going into. They need to understand your life and you need to understand theirs's and meet in the middle. If you don't, I honestly don't know how worse it could get than it already did. She's a tough one and a good one. I even see her being the mother of your kids and hopefully soon. I want some grand kids. I know you gonna have the first boy."
Huey couldn't help but to roll his eyes. His dad was dead set on believing he would have the first male out of him and his cousins. It seemed as if his father and uncles could only produce boys and his cousin had started to only have girls.
"Dad can you give me a chance to make it up with Jazmine before I get her pregnant." Huey told his him.
Christian chuckled. "At least you're thinking about it. You boys are impossible but listen to what I'm saying."
Huey took a frustrated breath. "What if I can't protect her again? What if the Russian's capture her again and don't even save her, instead they just kill her? I can't go through that shit again dad. Not, again. You saw how badly that end."
Christian looked at Huey shocked. "Breath Huey. Breath. Nothing is going to happen to her if you just keep your head on straight. Remember, you are Huey Freeman but you are also Ghost."
Huey nodded, understanding what his father was saying. His father would always remind him he wasn't more of just one. He could have a normal, decent life as Huey Freeman but he was a ruthless gangster of Ghost. He just needed to remember it.
The father saw his son was deep in thought and decided to add to the conversation. "Have I ever told you the day I met your mother?"
"Only about a million tim-"
"It was a warm, summer day in Chicago." Christian sat back and stared into the celling as he began to tell Huey again about the story of when Christian met Mackenzie.
Some years ago
A young Christian Freeman out riding his bike with his two younger brothers right behind him.
"Nigga where we even going?" Dominic asked his older brother.
"We about to find some bitches!" Mario, the youngest, shouted and laughed.
Christian shook his head. "You are the last person that should be thinking about fucking. Get them grades up first."
"Ohhhh!" Dominic popped a wheelie in excitement as he watches Mario jump off his bike and square up to his brother.
"Disrespectful nigga. Fight me."
Christian sighed but jumped off his bike too. "I don't want to fight you bro."
"Nah you're asking for it. Come on!" Mario shook his head.
"Fight! Fight! Figh- oh shit!" Dominic shouted before crashing to the ground.
"Ow! Nigga what the fuck?!" The brothers heard a female scream.
Christian and Mario ran over to where Dominic was lying on the floor but they were shocked to seeing a girl lying on the floor next to him.
"Dom what you do?" Christian asked his brother as Mario helped him up.
"Too busy watching your dumb asses fight." He mumbled as he grabbed onto his arm in pain.
"I should beat your motherfucking ass for knocking me down. Don't you see a girl walking?! Acting like some dumb nigga like he ain't got no goddamn sense! By the looks of it, he doesn't!" The girl cursed as she got herself up and brushed her bruised body down.
Christian shook his head before going over to check on the other fallen victim. "I am so sorry about my bitch ass bro. I hope-" He trailed off as he was finally face to face with who his brother knocked over and for once he was glad his brother was being careless.
She looked at him strange as she noticed he suddenly stopped talking. "You hope... what?"
"I hope to find out who I am going to apologies to on behalf on the brother I am sure is adopted." He smirked.
She smiled and shook her head. "My names Mackenzie."
"Christian."
"I didn't ask."
"But now you know."
Christian looked at every detail of her face. It was so cute, from her eyes, to her nose, to her lips. The dimples he could see from her smile was adorable. He was not going to let this girl pass up on him.
"What if I said to meet me back here at 5 today?"
Mackenzie crossed her arms. "I would ask if your dumb ass brothers were coming too."
Christian looked behind her and saw the two play fighting, not even caring about his brother talking to the girl one knocked over.
"Why do I need them niggas? I don't want any distractions when I want to get to know who Mackenzie is."
She looked him up and down. They looked the same age but he looked more... rough which made him look a year or two older. He was defiantly a hood nigga and she always said she would avoid them but she guessed she couldn't get away from the hood nigga charm. For some reason, she was taking in everything he was saying without a second guest.
"You won't kill me?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Well-" Before Christian could answer her back flirtatiously, a group of older men dressed in all black walked up to him.
"Ay younging. The streets are hot so you and the rest of your brothers need to get home." The one in the front said.
Mackenzie looked between the two. "Do you know him?" She whispered. She didn't want to seem rude but they were starting to make her nervous. She needed to get home and she didn't want to be caught up in anything. Why didn't she just turn and walk away once she stood up?
"You can say that." Christian nervously laughed. "Tell my dad and uncle we're coming now."
Mackenzie was shocked to see the men nodded their head. It was not like adults to listen to what someone younger has to say, that was until she heard his last name, it all made sense to her now.
"Ite, he said don't be fucking about either Freeman." The man told Christian.
The young girls' eyes grew wide as she looked between the brothers and the older men.
'Freeman? As in...' She silently gasped as the same group of men pulled out a piece of black cloth and wrapped it around their mouth and nose. That's when she saw the Panther mouth. 'Oh... shit. I am talking to a gang leaders' nephew. You nearly kicked the shit out of a gang leaders' nephew... way to fucking go Mackenzie!'
Christian saw the colour drain from her face and panicked. "Hey! I'm not going to hurt you. By the looks of your face, you know the family I come from but trust me. I won't let anything bad happen to you when you're with me. I promise. Can you trust me?"
The young boy held out his hand in front of him and she looked down at him. As soon as she found out his last name, she should have been running for the hills but she stayed. She had no clue why. He asked her such a complex question but for some reason, her answer wasn't as complex as it should have been.
She reached out and delicately placed her hand in his. She looked at how easily her hands slipped into his and started feeling warming than the current heat. They had no clue that one word could change their worlds forever.
"Yes."
"And that night, I met her in the same place despite me being on house arrest and we sat and talked for hours. Within 2 years, we were married and preparing to bring you into the word." Christian finished off happily. He loved telling people how he met the love of his life and he couldn't wait to tell his grandkids the same story.
Huey looked at his father and saw how peaceful he looked whenever he spoke about his mother. He wanted to feel that and he got close to feeling it with Jazmine. Thinking about it, their stories had some similarities.
They both had an idiot brother that caused them to stumble upon their girl and when they both heard the boys last name, they were taken back. However, they found trust in the Freeman boys to take care of them. Huey broke that trust and he was willing to gain it back. It had now fully dawned on him how much he couldn't lose a girl like Jazmine. He would never find someone like her again. Never.
He was not about to let her slip from his fingers again. He was about to set everything right.
"For once, I took something from that story." Huey smirked at his father who just chuckled.
"I told you it would come in handy one day. Don't doubt a nigga son."
Huey shook his head. His dad was something else. "I gotta go handle business, I will see you when I see you."
Christian stood and met Huey in a hug. "Make sure you speak to your mother. She's going to be upset you never called her but came to see me."
"I will. Later."
"Bye son." Christian waved his son goodbye before sitting back in his chair laughing. "I have no idea how I managed to raise not one but two clueless boys. Only God can help them now."
It was now night and Ming had just pulled up to The Blue Moon for the first time in months.
"Anyone got butterflies? I got butterflies." Jazmine mumbled the last part as she sank into her chair, she wasn't clear as to why she was so nervous. She decided to wear a purple jumpsuit that had just the right amount of cleavage and some heels.
"Grow some balls and let's go." Cindy told her and was the first to step out the car. Her black, thigh high boots stepped onto the concrete and she pulled down her black, long sleeve, body con dress down.
"Someone's eager to get inside." Royalty commented as followed Cindy. She had on a black, latex skirt with a pink, lace, bodysuit and pink laced up heels.
Ming locked the car and she laughed at Jazmine's nervous face. "Girl relax. We'll be fine." Ming choose to wear a green, off shoulder, woolly jumper, with white shorts and heels.
For their first time back at the club, they needed to look at if they had the time of their life away. They couldn't go in look rough, which is why they were glad their wounds were healed.
They strutted towards the entrances, boosting themselves with some confidence, where they saw their friend with a shocked look on his face.
"Gems?! Where have you been?!" T-Dog laughed as each girl gave him a hug.
"Aw T-Dog, we missed you." Jazmine smiled.
"Yeah which is why I ask, where have you been?" He asked again.
Ming decided to answer the question they rehearsed. "We just decided it was time to go back home for a littler while and clear things up back there."
"Well a little heads up would be nice. People around here were not too happy about you suddenly leaving. We thought we would never see you again."
"Trust us when we say we never planned any of it." Cindy told him truthfully.
"Well I won't keep you out in the cold any longer, get inside and get familiar again." He smiled cheerfully at them.
"Thank you T-Dog, I will make you some food to make up for it." Royalty told him and she saw his face light up.
"Yess! And don't be leaving me hanging either."
"Never."
They all laughed before going inside the club, where they were met with loud music blasting and girls dancing everywhere. Some saw the Gems walked in, looked shocked but smiled and waved excitedly to them.
"It feels so weird being here." Ming said as they looked around the room, trying to see who else they would find in the club. They saw regular customers there so at least they knew business was still doing good.
"Seriously and if we come back to dancing, I feel like it's going to be weird. We barely danced back in Woodcrest, Ed and Rummy just kept offering us money just so we didn't have to really work." Jazmine mentioned as they walked over to the bar to get a starter drink. The bartender greeted the four and gave them a drink on the house, which they happily accepted.
"Why do drinks always taste better when its free?" Royalty inquired out loud as she took a sip of her drink.
"Because it's free. That's why." Cindy grinned as the two tapped their glasses together and laughed.
"I don't know how-" Jazmine began to say but paused when something caught her eye. More like someone. "I did not just see who I thought I saw go into the office."
Ming had seen it too. "Yeah, I saw it too."
"Saw who?" Royalty asked lost. Her and Cindy were too busy talking about free drinks to see what they saw.
"I wanna know." Cindy began to look at the direction Ming and Jazmine were just staring at.
Jazmine stood up. "I think we should go say hi." And walk straight to the office.
"The white side is kicking in."
They all walked towards the back, smiling and waving at people calling their name. That's when they saw the one and only Bunny giving them a stank face and they gave her one right back.
Royalty knocked on the door, even though Cindy just wanted to barge in.
"Come in!" They heard the voice say from behind.
Taking a deep breath, Jazmine pushed open the door and her suspicion was true.
"Raven?"
Raven's eyes shot up from the paperwork in front of her. "Jazmine? Cindy? Royalty? Ming? What are you guys doing here? Here as in Chicago."
"Nice to see you too." Cindy mumbled.
"Well I am sure you know about Chyna... especially since it seems like you're running things here." Jazmine referred to all the paper in front of her.
"Yeah I do now."
"Wait. Pause." Royalty grabbed onto her head making everyone turn to look at her. "Is that a baby?!"
They looked next to Raven and saw a baby peacefully sleeping in their car seat.
"Damn, we that blind? How we not see that the moment we walked in?" Ming wondered.
Raven laughed as the girls walked towards the chairs inside. "Yeah, besides what you have heard on the news, a lot of things have been crazy." Raven saw at how eager they looked. She knew they wanted to know everything about what happened when they left and they meant more than what the news was saying. They wanted to hear from the gang's point of view. "So not long after you left, the Russians ran up on grandad Freeman and put him in the hospital but don't worry, he's ok." Raven had to quickly say as she heard them gasp and saw their eyes grow wide. "In retaliation, the boys ran up on three different locations and killed every motherfucker up in that bitch. In the process, they found this little man who I decided to official adopt which was the most drastic thing I have done but the best decision I have made."
"We were not gone for that long." Ming said shocked.
"I mean, how in the hell does all that shit happen. Woodcrest was hella boring while all this shit was going down." Cindy threw her hands up in disbelief.
"Well that's as exciting as it gets. Everyone has just been on edge ever since that day." Raven shrugged.
"What's his name?" Royalty asked. She loved babies and this one looked adorable sleeping in his car seat.
"Cairo. If you remember me telling you about me and the guys friends from when we were younger. The one that got shot and killed, its who he is named after and I made the right choice. It fits him so much already. He's 5 months now."
Jazmine smiled as she watched the new mom beam with pride, she wanted to experience that same pride. That's when she remembered the state they last saw Raven, she didn't look in too good of shape. "How's your ribs?"
"Oh them hoes are good. How's your injuries?"
"Physically, we good too, mentally... we'll get back to you on that." Ming half joked.
Raven gave a half laugh to go with the joke. "Yeah I feel you on that one. If you ever need to talk to someone that has seen some fucked up shit and has done some fucked up shit, I'm your girl."
"We'll keep that in mind."
There was another knock at the door.
"Come in." Raven called out. She looked down at Cairo. "When I tell you this boy can sleep good! I am so happy about that."
They laughed before turning to see who was walking through the door.
"So the news is true. The Gems are back." Cotton grinned as she walked over to pull each girl into a bone crushing hug. "I would like a heads-up next time when you wanna leave. I have been stressing out trying to keep things in order."
"We sorry girl, we didn't mean for it all to happen." Jazmine apologised.
"It's ok. I just hope you enjoyed your little holiday away from getting booty out."
Royalty snorted. "If you think that stopped, you're crazy."
The group of ladies laughed. "I really missed you all... too bad the circumstances that brought you back."
The mood in the room suddenly dropped as they all remembered what day it was tomorrow.
"I can't believe she's actually gone." Ming shook her head sadly.
"My cute ass fine Chyna." Cindy frowned.
"I wish I was here to help you get her clean Cotton." Jazmine told her fellow dancer but Cotton just waved her off.
"Don't beat yourself up about it. You were doing some much needed self-care, you shouldn't be worried about us."
Royalty sighed. "Some fucked up world we live in."
They all stood there for a few seconds as they all remembered the young dancer and all the good times they had together. They didn't want to think of her as what some people would view her. A crackhead whore. She was far from that, she just got lost in the drugs.
Cotton quickly wiped away the tear that managed to escape her eyes as she got an idea. "You know, in honour of her memory, I think we should dance to her favourite song."
The Gems all smirked at each other.
"But should we?" Ming exaggerated a thinking look as she rubbed her chin.
"I think we should." Royalty grinned. She loved Chyna's favourite song so she was happy to do a little dance for her.
Cotton grin flew across her face as she grabbed onto Jazmine and Cindy's arm. "Well you're not getting out of it now. You don't even have to change. These outfit are cute already."
"See, I knew my ass was gonna shake today."
Ming rolled her eyes. "Your ass is always shaking."
"Ok and you're point?" Royalty stuck her tongue out childishly and Ming did the same back.
Raven laughed and stood up too. "As much as I would love and see you perform, I need to get baby boy home. I know he mad as hell he's sleeping in a car seat at this time. I wouldn't have brought him here if I had someone to babysit him."
"Alright. See you later mama Raven." Jazmine winked at her.
"...Please refrain from calling me that again. For all of our health."
"No promises."
With one last laugh, the Gems and Cotton all said goodbye to Raven before making their way towards the stage. Cotton had told the DJ what they were doing and he was more than happy to comply.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if I can have your attention please for this exclusive special performance that is about to go down. This was not even planned but today you are all lucky winners to witness what is happening tonight. Now, give it up for Cotton and our returning favourites, Gems!" The DJ announced on the microphone before playing Cockiness by Rihanna.
Cotton lead the group up on stage, everyone began to cheer and some already started throwing money. All the girl's styles were slightly different but it didn't look messy or out of place. It looked sexy and even planned. They all looked good up there.
Jazmine, well, Emerald, was grinning ear to ear as she danced on the stage she was most familiar with. In Woodcrest, the stage was nice but it was nothing compared to the stage and energy that was here in Chicago. It was different and something her home town couldn't do.
They danced all the way to the end of the song and people cheered and clapped to the girls before throwing the last of their money. They collected it all before making their way off the stage.
"That was crazy! You guys really didn't skip a beat!" Cotton exclaimed excitedly.
"That really was crazy." Cindy nodded. She didn't expect herself to get so into it the way she did. She was dipping it low and giving teasing looks the whole song. She guessed she did it specially for her friend.
Ming grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge they had in the dressing room. "Damn I'm getting old."
Jazmine lightly shoved her. "That split says otherwise."
Ming rolled her eyes and just took another sip of her water.
"How much did we make?" Cindy asked as Cotton finished up counting their tips.
"We made 753." Cotton told them as she counted the last few.
"Damn for a week day, that's good."
"Yeah and we can split it 5 ways." Cotton shrugged.
An idea popped into Jazmine's head. "Why don't we give to Chyna's parents? I know funerals are expensive and even though that is not a lot, it's still something."
"I think that is a good idea, we can bring it tomorrow." Royalty agreed.
Their moment was ruined when an annoying voice popped around the corner.
"Well look what the cat dragged in. Seems like Diamond, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire found their way back home." Bunny gasped dramatically as she looked around the room to see the five no longer smiling.
"What do you want rabbit?" Royalty asked annoyed.
She stomped her foot frustratedly. "How many times do I have to say its Bunny, not rabbit."
"Bunny, rabbit, bunny rabbit, same thing." Royalty shrugged, not caring about the tantrum the girl was close to having.
Bunny took a step back. "Ugh, can't you go back to where ever you were before. We were doing just fine with you gone."
"You sure about that? Because everyone looked pretty excited to see us up there." Cindy shrugged.
"That didn't mean anything but I just want to say you should be careful with your friend here." Bunny pointed to Cotton who raised her eyebrow in confusion. "She's been sneaking off with your Asian and dread boyfriend a lot since you left. I wouldn't trust that snake bitch but that's none of my business." Bunny covered her mouth dramatically before walking out the room laughing, feeling as if she just caused some trouble between them all.
Cindy and Ming looked at Cotton with an eyebrow raised. "So what's she on about?"
Cotton rolled her eyes. "She's just trying to cause trouble. Yes I have been seeing them a lot but that was on business wise. I told them about Chyna taking drugs and they also made a deal with the whole club to push weed while we were working and it has actually been doing well."
"It's like what they do at Empire. Damn they know what they be doing." Cindy pointed out.
"Smart." Royalty commented.
"When was the last time they came here?" Jazmine asked for Cindy and Ming's sake.
"About two weeks ago, that's when Raven came back to officially take over the club."
Before they could continue their conversation, Daisy and Melody came in excited.
"Gems! It's been too long." Daisy smiled as she hugged each girl. "But sadly, someone might miss you more than us. Ruby you got room 2 and Sapphire you got room 5."
They all looked confused. "But we're not here to work."
Melody shrugged. "Well they said you will really want to see them."
Jazmine had a feeling on who it was. "I think you should go and check it out. If it's a creepy guy, just turn back out."
"I mean it couldn't hurt to check." Ming sighed. "Alright I'll go."
"Yeah I'll go too."
"Ok, we'll meet you back in the main room when you're done." Jazmine told them.
They all agreed and made their way outside. Cotton went back to work, Royalty and Jazmine found a seat by the front while Ming and Cindy went to the rooms they were called to.
Ming walked into room 2 and took a deep breath. Going to rooms was not something she did so to be called to one of the rooms was scary. She pushed open the door and walked in.
"So I think there's a mix up-" She started to say but paused once she saw who was inside. "Oh shit."
The person stood and smiled with their arms wide open.
Ming began to tear up before running straight into their arm, nearly knocking them down.
"I missed you."
"I missed you too Hiro."
Hiro tightened his grip on her, scared to let her go because the last time he did, it killed him. He refused to let her go this time. "I don't think you fully understand how much I missed you."
"I think I do." Ming mumbled in his arms but he still heard and chuckled.
"Let's sit down and talk." He told her. When he tried to move out her arms, she pulled him closer. "I guess I will carry you." She nodded in his shoulder so he scooped her up, walked over to the couch and sat down with her on his lap. "How you been? How was where ever you were?"
She shrugged. "Good I guess. As you can see my neck is all healed up and we went back to Woodcrest. Where we lived before. Saw my parents, they still mad. Not going to lie, I did sleep with someone but they had nothing on you. I was just using him for sex."
Hiro was shocked at the confession and just had to laugh at her. "You know you didn't need to tell me that, we were not together when you slept with him."
"I just felt like I should tell you."
"Well if you want to know, I didn't sleep with no one while you were gone."
"Good, now we can focus on us." Ming said as she began to stroke her hand across his jawline.
"What does that mean?" He asked her.
She leaned forward and placed a soft on his lips. "I think you know what I mean."
Hiro let a ghost of a smile form on his face. He wished it was that simple. "Look what happened last time Ming, do you really want to take that risk again? I mean, this time around I promise no harm will come to you but it's not as easy."
Ming took a deep breath. She, like the other girls, have thought long and hard about being in a relationship with these dangerous men. To anyone on the outside, they looked crazy but they didn't know them like how the girls knew them. They were really some sweet men who just so happened to murder and sell drugs for a living but that was a whole another thing.
"I know and I want to be with you but that's only if you want to do this." Ming told him truthfully.
"Are you 100% sure? Your life is about to be crazy." He warned her.
Ming smirked and kissed him on the lips. "My life is 65% crazy, your 35% is just what I'm looking for."
Hiro laughed but kissed her back. "So, will you do me the honours of being my girlfriend, again, and taking the 35% of my crazy life to add to your 65%?"
"Of course I will, again and this time, we will do this right."
The revived coupled smiled at each other before pulling each other in a tight hug before going into a full blown, much needed, make out session, not caring that this room might need to be used for real work.
Cindy made her way to room 5 and had no clue what to expect so she was on guard the whole time. If she needed to jump someone, she was ready. It didn't matter she was wearing a dress, she will beat anyone down.
The blonde pushed open the door and walked in. Strangely enough, it was empty.
"What the fuck?" She said out loud. That's when felt two hands grab her waist. "Oh hell no!" Cindy screamed.
She swung her elbow back but the person ducked and spun her around.
"Baby girl relax."
"Caesar?!" The two stared at each other with wide eyes. Caesar thought it would be cute to surprise her the way people did in movies but he should have known better. Cindy was always ready to swing for anything.
Caesar held a big smirk on his face. "Hey baby."
Cindy gave him a back hand on his shoulder before pulling him into a hug. "You're so stupid! Why would you scare me like that?"
"Because I thought it would have been cute." Caesar admitted as he pulled her closer.
"Well it wasn't. I nearly knocked you the fuck out."
Caesar pulled his head back and gave her a look. "You sure about that."
Cindy gave him a look back. "I played basketball all my life, I know how to get away from someone. The last guy that grabbed me cheated since he used a drug to get me."
Caesar instantly stepped back and let his smile dropped. "I am so sorry about that..."
Cindy sighed as they both got serious. "I'm ok. I'm breathing, I'm alive."
"But you still were hurt because of me."
"Hm, I wouldn't say because of you because that man is evil on his own." Cindy told him. This was exactly what her and her friends had planned to tell the boys. Even though many would say it was their fault, the girls couldn't fully blame them. It just wasn't in their heart to do so.
"It doesn't feel-"
Cindy cut him off by pulling him in for a kiss. They held their position for a few seconds before Caesar pulled his head back shocked.
"Did, did you just kiss me? Like, you actually kissed me." He said in disbelief.
Cindy rolled her eyes. "Yes. Don't make me regret it."
"Trust me, you won't." Caesar smirked as he scooped his hands around Cindy's thighs and put her legs around his waist, catching her off guard. "I don't think you understand how hard it has been without you. So many things I wanted to tell you but I never got the chance to."
"Then tell me." Cindy's blue eyes looked him deep in his soul, making him blurt out what was on his mind.
"It's been hell since you left and I took that as a sign. The short time I knew you, I knew that this was going to be a forever thing. You bring something different that I never expect to fall for. Not going to lie, I did not expect to fall for a white girl," Cindy rolled her eyes at that but couldn't help but to laugh, "but I don't regret doing so. This time around, I want to do it right. I am going to show you I am the right man for you. I will protect you and make sure you do not experience no pain ever again, especially not because of me."
Cindy was not one to get emotional but she could feel herself becoming emotional. No man has ever said that to her before and it felt good to hear it. She knew Caesar could keep her safe but she needed to let him know that she was not going to let no man punk her the way they did before. She was coming back stronger and crazier. He just had to be ready for McFearsome to rise from the dead and not let anyone run her over again.
"Ok. If we do this. We do this right. I ain't no Disney princess that needs saving every 2.5 seconds, I can handle myself. I don't understand why I let them men punk me the way they did but I'm back and I'm better. I will fight anyone who needs to be put in their places for fucking with me."
Caesar looked at her shocked. He knew she was naturally like this but seeing it again after months away was a big turn on for him. Nothing was sexier than a strong, independent woman who knew what she wanted.
"I never doubted you for a second."
Cindy leaned forward and rested her head on Caesar's forehead. "Good." They smiled and laughed together, feeling safe in each other's arms once again.
"Girl who you think they with? It's been 20 minutes." Royalty asked Jazmine. The club had begun to die down now as more people started to leave. Ming and Cindy and walked in the rooms and they haven't heard anything else since them.
"I don't know but it making me anxious." Jazmine confessed as she looked towards the private rooms. A flash back to when the Russian attacked the two popped into Jazmine's mind and she immediately felt sick. She should've check on them a long time ago. "Um, I think we should check on- never mind." Jazmine started to stand but saw her two friends walk around the corner with two males on their arms which shocked both Jazmine and Royalty.
"Wait, Hiro and Caesar's here? You think Reezy and Huey is too?" Royalty asked as she desperately started looking around the room.
"I don't see them." Jazmine started looking around too. "But if they came, they would've come to see us, wouldn't they?" The question was more to herself. She hoped that Huey didn't avoid her like the plague. She wanted to see him so badly.
The two groups to meet up and they greeted each other.
"Royalty, Jazmine, looking great as always." Caesar smiled charmingly as he finished giving Jazmine a hug as Hiro finished giving Royalty hug.
"And you guys look tired." Royalty joked.
Hiro laughed. "Yeah you got that right. It's been none stop work since them fucking people came."
The mood shifted a little as they all thought about what was happening out in the real world. The same world that torn them apart in the first time.
"How you been handling things?" Jazmine asked.
Caesar sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Truthfully, it's been stressful. This is a full-blown war happening outside and it's not easy for anyone but if Huey can have it his way, it will be over soon."
"Speaking of Huey, where is he?" Jazmine asked. She really wanted to know.
"He's taking care of something but I am sure he will come see you soon."
"Wait, wait, how did you know we were back?" Ming suddenly asked, she was so caught up in seeing Hiro that she forgot to ask.
Hiro and Caesar shared a look, they knew they had no clue about the necklace and didn't want to ruin the nice reunion.
"Well someone had to look after your house while you were gone. Someone told us that they saw four females inside and we knew it was you." Hiro told them. It wasn't a full lie, that was the first way Huey found out about them being back.
"Oh, ok. That makes sense." Cindy nodded.
"So, where's Reezy?" Royalty asked as she looked between the two.
Caesar and Hiro shared another look, wondering what to say to this. They knew he was having some could be baby mama drama and Royalty didn't need to hear she could be a potentional step mom from them.
"He's sorting some things out too."
Royalty knew they were hiding something, she just didn't know what and she couldn't wait to find out. "Ite then."
"Hey, it's getting late, we should head out now. Got to wake up early." Ming informed the group.
Jazmine frowned. "Forgot about that... poor fine Chyna."
"Right, sorry about your friend. It's sad about what happened to her... just to let you know, she can at least now look down at her supplier being the devils bitch." Caesar said which made the girls wonder if they should laugh or whatever other emotion that could react to what he said.
Ming wrapped her arms around Hiro. "I don't wanna leave you again."
"I will see you soon. Don't worry." Hiro kissed the top of her forehead.
Jazmine pouted. "You guys are so cute."
Cindy shook her head and pushed Jazmine towards to door. "Don't get all teary eyed on us. It's your bed time."
"But you guys are all so cutteee. Look!" Jazmine pointed to Cindy other hand holding onto Caesar's other.
"This is going to be you, hopefully very very soon so you don't have keep aweing at us."
"Well excuse me for loving to see love. Hmp." Jazmine turned her head before stomping out the club. Every time she passed someone she knew, she would smile but as soon as they were gone, she put back on the fake attitude she had before.
Royalty shook her head. "I have no idea how we manged to deal with that hoe for so long."
"I was going to ask the same thing." Caesar chuckled but stopped when Cindy slapped his chest. "Ah! What was that for?"
"That hoe my friend, sadly, don't be rude."
Caesar looked at her in confusion but all he could do was shake his head. 'This girl really is insane for the most part, isn't she?'
The males separated from the females, making promises to see them soon before making their way home.
Cindy and Ming couldn't help but smile every now and then as they kept thinking back to when they finally saw the men that have been on their minds for months, now feeling they can move onto the next chapter of their lives. Then there was Jazmine and Royalty. They were sad that they didn't see the Freeman brothers the first night they arrived back to Chicago but knew they would see them soon. They were planning on going to their house if they didn't see them within the first week of been back but now, they knew that they know they are back, it made them feel uneasy. They wondered why Hiro and Caesar came to see Ming and Cindy but Riley and Huey couldn't do the same thing. It made them feel a bit angry at the same time.
The dancers also questioned if the brothers moved on, that's why they never came to the club. It would make sense, the moved on and they were old news.
Just thinking that made their hope decreased massively but this wasn't a time to be thinking about their feelings. They had a friend to bury and they needed their heads screwed on the best way they could.
The Freeman's could wait.
Finally got another chapter out, suprised it took so long consider I have been stuck at home. Everyone I hope you stay safe where ever you are in the world and we're all going to get through this. Prayers to everyone.
Thank you to all the birthday wishes and make sure you drop a review for this chapter, hopefully next one isn't far behind. Let me know how you feel about how Christian met Mackenzie, I never expected to add it but I think it fits well.
Also I am now on wattpad where you can find me under the same name so look out for that too.
Until nex time
-TBG
